WSP11381

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 8/1/1989
• Author: US DoI BoR
• Title: Final Supplement to the Environmental Statement - Ruedi Reservoir Colorado Round II Water Marketing Program - pg 11.1 - end
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

FEDERAL AGENCIES
COMMENT LETTER

RESPONSE

o{t,.t the .dyer.. .ff.ct. oC vatlr 10.... on li.t.d fl.h.s 1n
thl upp.r ba.ln. H. bali.v, that thl upeo.inq blo1oqlc'1
........nt .hould includ. & ~.a, .ff'ct~ d.t'ralnation on li.ted
Colorado ftlv.r fi.h.B, ~l... BR can d.mon.trat. that ell new
J~.dl op.ration du' to thl vatar ..1.. ."t .1nlnu. flov and
tamp.ratura crit.ria 1n ....nti.) ar... at .11 tim.. b,'ad on the
perJod of record 1'62.)"1. and 12) tundlnv of conl.tv.tion
....ur.. for thl vat.r .014 and ~onlumptlvel, u..d 1. a',ur.d.

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Negotiation of Round 11 water
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Decision has been issued,

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!U1HMAJl:Y r.OMMENTS
On Nov.~.r 14, 1983. Jour aq,ncJ i',ued & new. r.l....
announcln9 thl n.qotl.tion. for thl ..1. of additional vatar from
Ru.d1 R..ervoir vould t.~e pllce on Noyeab.r 2', 30" and CeCeaber
1. 1'83. l~ 11 our under.~and1nq that the tinal .upple.ental
.nviro~ental .tat..ent froa Ruedl R...rvoir will not b. til.d
until at laaat tha .1ddl. of January lt84. Allowinq (or a thirty
day ravlrv period ot tha t1nal EIS, tha EIS proca" would not be
co.plat. until the .1d41. oC Fabruary or tha fir.t of Harch.
Th.refora, It app.ar. ~hat n.qot1atlnq Cor the aal. of ~&t.r
thraa .ontha prior to tha co.plation of tha ElS proc." 1. .
cle.r procedural violation of NtpA.
.ii"th the exc.pUon of '0..1 endan9'lred epacl.., the dr.ft
.uppla.ant to tha final .nvlro~ental .t.teaen~ ad.qu.t.ly
.ddr..... i.pactl oC the .,11 ot w.ter Croa Ruedl Re.ervoir on
li.h and wildllCe reao~rc'" HOWey.r, thl aiti9ation of tho..
t.pact. throu9h lultabl. cOMpen'atton i. compl.t.lf lackin9 in
the doc~ant. For .z.Dpl., on ~aq. 4.1' It i. .tated that the
preC.rr.d alt.rnativ. would r.'~lt in the 10.. of .omewhera
~Itvaln ., to &0 perc.nt of the aOlt productiv. trout habitat In
RuedI Re.arvoir. Siallarl1. on p&9a 4.'3 it 1a atatad t~t in
the lower Frlinqpan Rivar - ~ - ~ th.r. vill b. in an .v.raqa
y..f, , 21 paf~ent reductlon In trout habit.c".
ea.ed on altiqation policy rul'~akinq a. publiahed in the ~
R.~t.~.r January 23, 1'81. ve ~v. daterain.d thlt thl Fr71nqpan
Riv.r IGold Hed.l d..lqnat10n b) COOMI i. -R..ourc. Cat.qory 1-
habnat. -R"ourcl C..te-qory P h&~1taU ar. d,flned to b. of
hiqh v.l~. for av.luatlon ap.cl.a and ara unique and
irreplaCeabla on a N.tlona~ ~a'la or 1n thl ecor.~ion .ection.
The ~itlq'tion qoal for thl. cat.qory i. "no 10" or e_i.tin~
habit.t valua~. Thua. tha Fi.h and Hildllfe Serv1ce ia cppo.ed
to any w.ter aal. froN Ruedl R..ervoir that would reduce the
ha~ltlt Value of the rrylnqp.n River.
Tha Ro.rlnq rork rlver from ea'alt to the Crystal Rivlr
confluence tc~rrently ~elnq .tUdiad for Gold "edal de.lqr.a~ionl
hA. b.an plAced jn ~R..ourc. Cat.9ory 1- which is defined to be
of hiqh Value Cor evaluation .p.ciel and il scarce or becomin~
.carce in the .coreqion or on a n.tional ba.ll. Tha ~itiaa~1on
qOAl for Reaourcl C&teqory 2 habitat la -no nat lo.s or in~kind'
hab1tat va1ue~. It Appear. that protec.tinq the hAbBlt value of
the FryinqpAn River will in turn protect the vAlu. of t~. Roarinq

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